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BULLETINS  OF  THE  PRESIDING 
BISHOP  AND  COUNCIL  OF  THE 
PROTESTANT  EPISCOPAL  CHURCH 


Under  Four  Flags 

The  Work  of  the  Bishop  of  the  Panama 
Canal  Zone 


Isssued  by  the 

Department  of  Missions  and  Church  Extension 


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Bulletin,  Series  of  1921 


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UNDER  FOUR  FLAGS 


The  Work  of  the  Bishop  of  the  Panama  Canal  Zone 

OU  can  not  always  tell  by  the  map  what  parts  of  the  world 
are  nearest  together  because  railroad  and  steamship  lines  can 
not  follow  the  flight  of  the  crow.  It  would  appear  as  if  the  Re- 
public of  Haiti  and  the  Dominican  Republic  were  next  door  to 
eacli  other  and  that  therefore  the  same  Bishop  should  have  charge 
of  both.  But  this  is  one  of  the  tricks  that  the  atlas  plays  upon 
those  unversed  in  the  routes  of  commerce^  for  as  a matter  of  fact 
the  Panama  Canal  Zone  is  at  least  forty-eight  hours,  and  generally 
a whole  week,  closer  to  Port  au  Prince  than  is  Santo  Domingo 
City.  ^Moreover,  he  who  travels  between  the  Dominican  and  the 
Haitian  capitals  has  to  put  up  with  hardships  and  perils,  and  only 
the  robust  can  make  the  journey.  To  go  from  Panama  to  Port  au 
Prince,  on  the  other  hand,  one  can  board  a comparatively  luxurious 
ship  and  make  the  journey  with  speed,  safety  and  comfort.  Because 
of  these  things  the  Haitian  Republic  is  included  in  the  jurisdiction 
of  the  Bishop  of  the  Panama  Canal  Zone. 

Also  within  his  jurisdiction  is  the  Republic  of  Colombia,  that 
vast  territory  at  the  northwestern  corner  of  the  continent  of 
South  America,  made 
famous  in  the  early  days 
of  the  last  century,  by 
being  the  homeland  of 
Bolivar  the  Liberator  and 
in  these  latter  days  by 
the  Treaty  whereby  we 
have  paid  them  $25,000,- 
000  for  having  built  the 
Panama  Canal  through 
territory  which  once  be- 
longed to  them. 

The  Diocese  of  Bishop 
Morris  is,  therefore,  div- 
ided into  three  parts,  and 
since  his  See  takes  its 
name  from  the  Canal 
Zone  it  would  be  well  to 
consider  it  first. 


BisHor  J.  C.  Morris 


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THE  CANAL  ZONE 

history  of  the  Canal  Zone  is  too  well  known  tO'  need 
repeating.  Suffice  it  to  say,  that  geographically  it  is  forty- 
eight  miles  across  the  Isthmus  and  that  the  Zone  extends  for  ten 
miles  on  each  side  of  the  waterway. 

The  first  work  of  the  Church  there  was  begun  by  Americans 
in  185,^.  At  that  time  the  beautiful  and  capacious  Christ  Church 
was  built  at  Colon  and  consecrated  by  Bishop  Alonzo  Potter  of 
Pennsylvania.  When  the  French  plans  for  building  the  Canal 
collapsed  tlie  Americans  left  the  Isthmus.  Shortly  thereafter,  a 
Colombian  revolution  broke  out  (for  it  will  be  remembered  that 
Panama  used  to  be  one  of  the  States  forming  the  Colombian  Re- 
public) and  Christ  Church  entered  upon  a vicissitudinous  career. 
First  it  was  used  as  an  arsenal,  tlien  as  a fort,  then  as  a powder 
magazine,  and  then  as  a stable.  Its  present  perfect  preservation 
is  a tribute  to  the  solidity  of  its  construction.  Likewise  it  is  a 
monument  to  the  fact  that  it  was  the  American  Church  that  began 
the  work  in  that  part  of  the  world. 

In  1883  the  English  Church  in  Jamaica  established  for  the  bene- 
fit of  certain  Colonials  on  the  nearby  ^Mosquito  Coast  the  missionary 
episcopate  of  British  Honduras,  and  since  members  of  tlie  Churcli 
of  England  from  the  English  Caribbean  Colonies  had  emigrated 
and  settled  at  various  points  in  Honduras  and  Nicaragua  and  Costa 


CiiiiiST  Ciiuiicii,  Zone 

The  first  cliurch  on  the  Isthmus  of  Panama,  built  hv  .Americans. 


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Rica,  and  moreover  since  the  Republic  of  Panama,  and  more  par- 
ticularly that  part  of  it  known  as  The  Isthmus,  was  no  longer 
thronged  by  Americans — the  building  of  the  Union  Paeific  Railroad 
having  provided  a better  way  to  reach  the  California  Gold  Fields — 
the  Bishop  of  British  Honduras  assumed  a general  responsibility 
for  ministering  to  members  of  the  Church  of  England  in  all  parts 
of  Central  America,  including  Panama.  When  this  was  done  the 
Americans  gladly  turned  over  Christ  Church,  Colon,  to  the  English, 

The  next  episode  in  our  story  is  the  return  of  the  Americans  to 
the  Isthmus  and  the  building  by  them  of  the  Panama  Canal  with 
the  creation  of  the  Canal  Zone.  Following  a long  established  cus- 
tom the  British  Church  not  only  returned  Christ  Church  to  the 
Americans,  but  conveyed  to  it  also  jurisdietion  over  the  Panama 
Canal  Zone,  and  that  part  of  the  Republic  of  Panama  which  lies 
to  the  south  and  east  of  tlie  Canal.  It  was  also  at  this  time  that 
there  came  to  us  the  jurisdiction  over  Colombia^ — with  the  excep- 
tion of  the  Pacific  seaboard  of  the  same,  whicli  through  a curious 
technicality  is  at  tliis  moment  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Bishop 
of  the  Falkland  Islands,  5,000  miles  away. 

Inhabitants  of  the  Canal  Zone 

Within  the  Canal  Zone  one  finds  many  kinds  of  people.  In  the 
first  place  there  are  the  Americans.  These  can  be  divided  into: 

1.  (A)  Civilian  employees  and  their  families,  about  5,000.  (B) 

Officers  and  men  of  the 
army  and  navy,  of 
whom  there  will  even- 
tually be  about  30,000. 

(C)  Merchants,  ship- 
pers, professional  men 
and  so  forth,  of  whom 
the  number  cannot  be 
approximately  given  be- 
cause many  live  in  the 
Republic  where  their 
names  are  not  distin- 
guislied  in  the  directory 
from  the  Panamanians. 

2.  In  the  second 
place,  there  are  the 


Plans  for  New  St.  I^uke’s  Church, 
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West  Indians,  colored  people,  who  have  been  driven  for  economic 
reasons  to  the  Zone  from  the  English  Islands,  such  as  Jamaica, 
Barbadoes,  Antigua  and  Trinidad.  Of  these  it  is  estimated  there 
are  about  60,000  on  or  near  the  Zone,  and  of  them  about  40,000  have 
some  connection  witli  the  Church.  Seventeen  thousand  are  still  em- 
ployed by  the  Panama  Canal.  These  West  Indians  are  a church- 
going people  and  have  been  most  liappy  in  their  conneetions  with  the 
American  Church. 

3.  In  tlie  tliird  place  there  are  the  Payiamanians , a considerable 
majority  of  whom  liave  no  offieial  eonnection  with  any  form  of  re- 
ligion, agnostieism  being  their  emphatically  pronounced  creed. 

4.  In  the  fourth  place  there  are  the  Indians,  most  of  them  un- 
evangelized. These  naturally  live  outside  of  the  Zone  in  the  moun- 
tain districts  of  Panama.  Sucli  for  example  as  the  well  known  San 
Bias  tribe  who  live  on  the  Caribbean  seacoast  not  far  from  Colon. 

Tile  Work  of  tlie  Church 

The  present  Bishop  of  the  Canal  Zone  is  the  Right  Reverend 
James  Craik  Morris,  he  having  succeeded  the  Right  Reverend  Al- 
bion W.  Knight,  former  Bishop  to  Cuba,  who  had  charge  of  the 
Canal  Zone  from  1908  to  1920.  In  his  first  statistical  report 
Bishop  Morris  gives  us  the  following  figures; 

Communicants:  162  white,  1,273  colored. 

Clergy:  5 white,  2 colored. 

Layreaders:  1 white,  9 colored,  1 woman  worker. 

There  are  8 Cliureh  Sehools  of  whieh  7 are  colored,  with  74 
teachers,  .54  of  wliich  are  colored,  and  962  Chureli  Sehool  seholars, 
of  whieh  767  are  colored. 

This  work  is  being  carried  on  in  eleven  organized  missions  with 
six  ehurcli  buildings  belonging  to  us,  and  one  rectory.  Thanks  to 
a generous  gift  we  shall  soon  have  a seventh  building — at  Mt.  Hope. 
As  an  evidence  of  the  gladness  with  which  the  people  receive  the 
ministrations  of  the  Church  is  the  fact  that  from  the  colored  people 
there  was  received  during  1920,  .$4,90,5.78,  and  from  the  compara- 
tively small  group  of  white  people  who  have  so  far  been  gathered 
together  .$2,874.04 — which  sum  is  a splendid  reeord  when  one  real- 
izes that  the  contributors  of  this  are  mostly  army  people  who  are 
neither  permanent  residents  nor  rich.  Towards  work  other  than 
that  for  themselves  these  people  have  contributed  in  about  equal 
proportions  .$603.04. 


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The  church  buildings  given  up  to  the  work  of  the  colored  people 
are:  The  beautiful  Christ  Church,  to  which  reference  has  already 
been  made  (though  by  the  removal  of  the  West  Indians  to  Mt. 
Hope  this  building  may  in  time  be  used  again  by  the  Americans), 
the  even  larger  if  less  beautiful  St.  Paul’s  Church,  put  up  about  ten 
years  ago  in  Panama;  St.  Peter’s  Church,  La  Boca,  which  has  the 
honor  of  being  the  only  church  that  has  a rectory ; St.  George’s 
Church,  Gatun;  and  St.  Alban’s,  Paraiso;  and  the  new  church 
being  built  at  Mt.  Hope. 

At  Las  Cascadas,  to  which  many  West  Indians  have  recently 
moved,  we  have  rented  a building  in  the  hope  that  eventually  we 
may  have  a permanent  parish  there.  Speaking  of  these  West  In- 
dian congregations,  Bishop  Morris  says  in  his  last  report: 

“The  West  Indians  are  a church-going  people,  and  I am  glad  to 
record  that  in  all  our  missions  I have  found  them  entirely  loyal, 
happy  in  their  new  relationship  with  the  American  Church.  The 
late  Archbishop  Nuttall  expressed  satisfaction  with  this  condition, 
and  all  reports  go  to  show  that  the  contentment  of  the  West  In- 
dian churchman  has  increased  year  by  year.  This  is  due  very 
largely  to  the  wise  and  kindly  ministrations  of  the  clergy,  who  have 
proven  themselves  tlie  friends  of  their  people  in  innumerable  ways.” 

For  the  great  population  of  Americans  engaged  in  business  and 
the  personnel  of  the  army  and  navy  so  far.  we  have  only  the  little 
St.  Luke’s  Chapel  in  Ancon — the  section  of  the  Zone  where  the 
official  class  live.  Thanks,  however,  to  a splendid  offer  from  the 
Panama  Canal  Government  it  will  not  be  very  long  before  a church 
of  dignified  proportions  will  be  erected  on  the  property  now  oc- 
cupied by  the  little  St.  Luke’s  Chapel.  When  this  is  done  the 
American  Church  will  be  represented  as  it  should  be  in  the  heart 
of  tlie  great  Pan-American  metropolis. 

In  1920  the  United  Offering  made  it  possible  for  the  Board  to 
send  out  a woman  worker  to  do  Social  Service  Work  in  Bishop 
Morris’  jurisdiction.  Under  her  an  Orphanage  has  been  founded 
at  Bella  Vista,  a suburb  of  Panama,  a description  of  which  will  be 
founded  in  The  Spirit  of  Missions  for  October,  1920.  It  has  started 
well  with  sixteen  children  of  Spanish,  Italian-Spanish,  American- 
Spanish,  American-Panamanian  antecedents.  Writing  about  it  re- 
cently, the  Bishop  says: 

“The  Home  has  prospered  from  the  beginning,  and  as  far  as  I 
know  there  is  no  similar  institution  in  the  Republic.  Its  foundation 


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was  an  act  of  neigliborliiiess,  and  many  Panamanians  appreciate  it 
and  give  liberally  to  its  support,  although  all  the  children  are  being 
brought  up  in  the  Episcopal  Church.  Friends  have  recently  given 
the  Home  an  Altar,  Sacred  Vessels,  a reed  organ  and  a Ford  car.” 

The  only  other  Social  Service  activity  as  yet  developed  is  the 
work  that  is  done  by  Archdeacon  Carson  in  the  Leper  Colony  of 
Palo  Seco.  In  it  regular  services  have  been  conducted  for  years, 
and  many  little  kindnesses  are  extended  to  the  sufferers.  Recently 
added  joy  has  been  brought  into  the  hearts  of  these  unfortunate 
people  by  visitations  from  Mrs.  Royce,  the  head  of  the  Orphanage. 

THE  REPUBLIC  OF  HAITI 

QOCUPYIXG  the  western  quarter  of  the  historic  Island  of  His- 
panola,  the  Republic  of  Haiti  is  unique  in  two  respects.  It  is 
the  only  French-speaking  nation  in  the  Western  Hemisphere,  and 
it  is  the  only  country  in  which  the  government  is  of,  for  and  by  the 
black  people.  The  tale  of  the  origin  of  the  Haitian  flag  gives  in 
parabolic  form  the  history  of  Haiti.  When  news  of  the  French 
Revolution  reached  the  black  inhabitants  of  this  the  then  jewel  of 
the  Frencli  Empire,  tliey  followed  the  example  set  by  the  revolu- 
tionists in  France  and  entered  upon  a career  of  bloodshed  and 
murder.  Tlie  whites  wlm  liad  been  their  masters  were  treated  just 
as  the  nobility  were  treated  of  France — massacred.  After  many 
painful  years,  during  which  the  very  nearly  all  but  the  pure 
blacks  liad  been  exterminated,  a ruler  by  the  name  of  Christophe 
decreed  that  the  flag  of  the  new  nation  should  be  patterned  after 
the  newly  created  French  tricolor — with  the  white  left  out!  As  a 
result  instead  of  the  red,  white  and  blue  one  sees  in  Haiti’s  emblem 
only  red  and  blue.  And  in  that  little  Republic  during  the  last  one 
hundred  years  in  every  other  phase  there  has  been  visible  only 
red  and  blue. 

Haiti  lias  an  area  of  approximately  10,000  square  miles;  its 
population  is  said  to  be  two  and  a half  millions,  but  since  mo'st 
of  the  people  live  in  what  we  would  call  inaccessible  mountain  wilds, 
under  conditions  as  primitive  as  those  existing  in  the  days  of 
Christoplier  Columbus,  it  is  impossible  to  speak  with  exactitude 
The  capital  of  the  Republic  is  Port  au  Prince,  in  which  live  some 
30,000  to  40,000  people.  On  the  northern  coast  there  is  the  port 
and  city  of  Cape  Haitian,  second  in  importance  to  the  capital.  Of 


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the  other  towns  situated  along  the  sea  coast  the  principal  ones  are: 
to  the  west  of  Cape  Haitian,  Port  de  Paix:  on  the  western  shore 
north  of  Port  au  Prince,  Gonaive,  San  Marc,  and  L’Arcahaie:  to  the 
south  and  west  of  the  capital,  Leogane;  on  the  southern  shore  of  the 
peninsula  which  juts  out  towards  Central  America,  near  the  western 
end,  is  Aux  Cayes. 

Contrary  to  the  general  impression,  Haiti  is  an  unevangelized 
country.  More  than  that,  since  a large  majority  of  the  people  live 
in  inaccessible  districts  not  only  removed  from  but  without  knowl- 
edge of  roads,  schools,  telegraphs,  railroads,  telephones,  plumbing, 
hospitals,  post  offices,  banks,  and  so  forth,  education  and  sanitation 
are  non-existent.  Though  a decent  proportion  of  them  may  have 
been  baptized,  as  a nation  they  are  without  knowledge  of  the  true 
God.  Nowhere  in  the  world  can  there  be  found  a people  more  in 
need  of  light  and  truth. 

The  work  of  the  Church  in  Haiti  was  begun  in  1861  by  a young 
negro  named  James  Theodore  Holly.  These  were  the  days  in  which 
men  tliought  that  America’s  race  problem  could  be  solved  by  wliole- 
sale  emigration  to  lands  where  black  men  ruled.  One  of  the  parties 
of  emigrants  which  left  this  country  consisted  of  101  colored  men 
from  Connecticut.  Among 
them  was  Mr.  Holly  who, 
though  he  was  a cobbler 
by  trade,  commenced  at 
once,  on  seeing  the  desti- 
tute condition  of  the  land, 
to  preach  the  Gospel. 

Subsequently  he  was  or- 
dained and  thanks  to  his 
indefatigable  labors  ulti- 
mately became  the  first 
bishop  of  the  Independ- 
ent Orthodox  Opostolic 
Church  in  Haiti. 

For  thirty-seven  years 
Bishop  Holly  labored  in 
the  black  Republic  and 
as  a result  the  Church 
spread  itself  over  the  en- 
tire southern  half  of  the 


Bishop  Holly 


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Boys’  Sciiooi.  of  St.  Piehre  and  St.  Jaques 

Republic.  Two  years  after  his  death  in  1913,  in  response  to  a 
petition  from  the  Churcli  in  Haiti,  the  House  of  Bishops  re- 
ceived it  as  a missionary  jurisdiction  of  the  American  Church.  At 
first  it  was  committed  to  the  care  of  the  Bishop  of  Porto  Rico,  but  in 
1919,  because  of  the  impossibilities  of  travel  between  Bishop  Col- 
more’s  home  and  Haiti,  the  work  was  assigned  to  the  Bishop  living 
nearest  to  Port  au  Prince,  the  Rev.  James  Craik  Morris,  D.D., 
Bishop  of  the  Panama  Canal  Zone. 

In  the  spring  of  19il(l  Bishop  Morris  made  his  first  visitation, 
and  thanks  to  the  courtesy  of  the  Commandant  of  the  American 
Marines  and  his  assistant  they  were  able  to  go  about  the  country 
with  the  least  amount  of  difficulty.  The  long  trip  to  Cape  Haitian 
and  return — 114  miles — would  have  been  practically  impossible  had 
not  the  Marine  Corps  provided  a machine  and  an  armed  escort — 
the  latter  being  advisable  because  in  traversing  the  northern  moun- 
tains one  has  to  go  through  a region  infested  with  bandits.  Let 
it  not  be  imagined  that  these  bandits  are  malicious  evildoers  of 
the  kind  that  one  finds  in  the  States,  rather  they  are  illiterate 
mountaineers  who  really  know  no  better.  Calling  them  patriots 
as  some  do,  is  mere  buffoonery.  On  the  other  hand,  the  Marines 
who  took  care  of  our  Bishop  are  worthy  only  of  commendation  for 


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they  have  frequently  expressed  themselves  as  desirous  to  do  all 
they  can  to  help  the  Church  in  its  educational  endeavors.  In  his 
report  on  this  visitation  the  Bishop  says : 

“Today,  to  quote  from  my  diary,  I felt  like  a missionary  for 
the  first  time  in  my  life.  We  went  to  Bigone,  which  is  a small 
settlement  in  the  mountains  beyond  LeO'gane.  A part  of  the  way 
we  motored,  and  when  the  going  became  impossible  we  walked.  At 
Bigone  we  received  a welcome  which  was  cordiality  itself.  An 
arch  had  been  decorated  with  flowers,  and  the  men  who  had  horses 
met  us  some  miles  away  and  escorted  us  to  the  church.  At  Eglise 
Bonne  Nouvelle,  which  was  established  in  1865  and  visited  years 
ago  by  Bishop  Coxe,  the  congregation  had  assembled  from  all  of 
that  region.  ...  I confirmed  twenty-nine  persons.  After 
luncheon  we  walked  to  L’Acul,  ...  As  we  drew  near  the  choir 
and  congregation  came  out  to  meet  us  singing  a hymn. 

“Early  the  next  morning  (we  are  merely  making  excerpts  from 
his  diary)  we  started  for  Deslandes.  After  a celebration  of  the 
Holy  Communion  I confirmed  seventy-nine  persons.  In  the  after- 
noon we  went  again  to  Leogane,  where,  at  Eglise  du  Redemption 
I confirmed  twenty-seven  persons,  and  visited  the  parish  school.” 

One  might  go  on  in  this  strain  and  make  innumerable  quotations, 
but  it  is  to  be  hoped  that  sufficient  has  already  been  put  down  to 
enable  one  to  see  the  nature  of  the  work.  Summing  up  the  situation 
in  his  report.  Bishop  Morris  states : 

(1)  That  he  was  much  impressed  with  the  missionary  spirit  of 
the  Haitian  clergy,  most  of  whom  live  in  remote  places  but  are 
evidently  happy  in  their  work. 

(2)  That  at  present  the  work  of  the  Church  is  confined  to  the 
southern  part  of  the  Republic  and  is  almost  entirely  rural,  among  a 
people  who  have  no  knowledge  about  the  Gospel  except  as  it  is 
brought  to  them  by  us. 

(3)  That  the  parochial  schools  of  which  there  are  many  are  well 
attended  and  useful ; that  the  theological  school  conducted  by  his 
commissary,  Mr.  Llwyd,  has  four  students,  two  of  which  he  hopes 
to  ordain  to  the  diaconate  shortly;  that  the  boys’  school  of  St. 
Jacques  et  St.  Pierre  has  eighty-five  pupils  and  is  finely  situated 
on  valuable  property  in  the  centre  of  the  town. 

(4)  That  in  the  whole  northern  half  of  the  country  we  have 
neither  clergyman,  church  nor  school,  while  in  the  southern  half 
we  have  “about  thirty  congregations,  ten  clergymen  and  four 


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schools.”  In  this  connection  he  is  happy  to  report  that  he  has  just 
appointed  Archdeacon  Claiborne  of  Tennessee^  Archdeacon  of  Cape 
Haitian^  whom  lie  expects  soon  to  go  to  the  field  and  build  up  the 
work  in  that  unevangelized  region. 

‘‘It  is  an  interesting  fact,”  the  Bishop  writes,  ‘‘that  there  have 
been  virtually  no  disorders  in  the  south  and  the  cacos  (bandits) 
are  not  welcome  there.  As  far  as  I eould  learn  our  people  are 
gentle,  liospitable  and  law-abiding,  and  although  most  of  them  are 
terribly  poor,  tlieir  religion  is  bearing  its  fruit  in  their  character. 
That  tlie  same  may  be  true  in  the  north  I have  no  doubt  at  all.” 


THE  REPUBLIC  OF  COLOMBIA 

work  that  is  to  be  done  in  the  Republic  of  Colombia  has 
not  yet  been  determined  upon,  for  it  will  be  remembered  that 
no  Bisliop  was  appointed  for  this  district  until  1920. 

The  Bishop  and  the  Archdeacon  made  their  preliminary  tour  of 
exploration  in  April,  1920,  and  there  is  no  doubt  that  before  long 
the  Church  will  be  ministering  to  the  large  number  of  West  Indians 
working  on  the  fruit  plantations  of  Cartegena  and  Santa  Marta, 
and  a little  later  to  tlie  Americans  and  Indians  in  the  interior. 

Bisliop  Morris  in  returning  from  liis  preliminary  voyage  of  dis- 
coxery  to  liis  new  field  writes  enthusiastically:  “At  Cartagena, 
whicli  is  the  most  picturesque  place  I have  seen  in  America,  there 
is  a small  American  colony,  most  of  them  living  in  a suburban  vil- 


The  House  ix  C.artagex.x,  Coi.omiiia,  ix  Which  Lived  Simox  Bolivar, 
THE  Geohoe  Washixctox  of  South  Aaiertca. 


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i; 


lage.  Probably  there  are  thirty  altogether.  We  presented  all  our 
letters  of  introduction  from  various  friends  in  New  York  and  some 
from  persons  here.  Everyone  was  most  cordial  and  said  that  if 
one  of  us  would  come  from  time  to  time,  the  people  would  highly 
appreciate  the  opportunity  to  have  services.  The  manager  of  the 
All  American  Cable  Company  is  a member  of  Holy  Trinity,  Harlem, 
and  he  and  his  wife  have  undertaken  to  arrange  for  the  visit  in 
May,  when  the  club  at  Cabrero  (the  American  and  English  colony) 
is  to  be  used.  It  was  at  Cartagena  that  we  met  an  engineer  from 
Elmira,  New  York.  He  was  in  charge  of  a gang  of  men  on  their 
way  up  the  river,  and  told  me  that  there  would  shortly  be  several 
liundreds  of  men  at  Barranca  Bermeja,  where  the  properties  of 
the  Tropical  Oil  Company  are  situated.  He  said  that  they  had  no 
clergyman  at  all  and  would  be  delighted  to  take  care  of  any  one 
I might  send  them.  I found  out  afterwards  from  the  assistant 
manager  of  the  company  at  Barranquilla  that  he  was  right  in 
regard  to  the  numbers. 

“We  found  no  English-speaking  West  Indians  at  Cartagena. 

“At  Barranquilla  we  spent  a part  of  two  days  and  made  some 
friends.  There  are  a few  American  and  English  families  here,  as 
in  Cartagena,  and  more  West  Indians.  One  of  the  latter  I talked 
to,  and  we  are  begged  to  return  as  soon  as  possible  and  organize  a 
congregation.  A Roman  Catholic  physician  (a  former  Zonite 
whom  Mr.  Carson  knew)  has  offered  the  use  of  his  house  for  West 
Indian  services. 

“At  Santa  Marta  we  had  three  services,  and  were  to  have  had  a 
fourth,  especially  for  the  white  people,  but  the  ship  left  several 
hours  before  she  was  scheduled,  and  tliis  has  been  postponed.  Here 
are  some  twenty  West  Indian  communicants  and  a good  many 
Fruit  Company  people,  all  I met  being  awfully  nice  fellows. 

“An  Englishman,  a devoted  Churchman,  the  manager  of  the  rail- 
road that  carries  all  the  fruit,  was  kindness  itself,  and  I may  say 
that  we  are  sure  to  find  him  a treasure.  He  entertained  us  at  tea, 
and  went  out  of  his  way  at  a busy  time  to  see  that  we  met  every- 
body. Here  will  probably  be  our  largest  regular  congregation. 
This  same  Englishman  has  offered  the  use  of  his  large  quarters 
and  sa3's  that  we  must  also  stay  there  when  we  return.  It  is  he 
who  has  encouraged  the  negroes  in  their  services.  It  was  an  in- 
teresting and  solemn  service  we  had  that  first  night,  in  a miserable 


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192  1 


building  lighted  by  kerosene  and  with  rickety  furniture  and  piles 
of  unused  books  all  about.  There  were  nineteen  present^  all  of 
whom  returned  the  next  evening.  On  the  morning  of  Maundy 
Thursday  I celebrated  the  Holy  Commimion  at  six  o’clock. 

“We  have  promised  that  for  the  present  one  of  us  will  take  the 
trip  every  three  or  four  months. 

“Our  judgment  is  that  if  the  right  man  can  be  found  the  best 
plan  of  campaign  will  be  to  station  him  at  Barranca  Bermeja, 
which  is  several  hundred  miles  up  the  river,  let  him  minister 
amongst  the  men  there,  and  let  him  be  responsible  also  f(fr  the  few 
people  on  the  coast,  with  sucli  help  as  I can  give  from  time  to  time.’’ 


Copies  of  this  leaflet  may  be  obtained  from  the  Literature 
Office,  Church  Mission  House,  281  Fourth  Avenue,  New  York, 
N.  Y.,  by  askiny  for  No.  577.  Price  5 cents. 


HAITI 


(The  Haitian  clergy  are  all  native  except  the  Bishop’s  Commissary) 

Clergy  12 

Priests,  11;  Deacons,  1. 

Lay  Readers  35 

Confirmations  224 

Communicants  1,143 

Church  Schools 27 

Officers  46 

Scholars  1,220 

Da}^  Schools  9 

Teachers  14 

Scholars  385 

Churches  5 

Chapels  17 

Women  Workers 3 

Theological  School 1 

Students  4 

Receipts $4,618.45 

Expenses  $4,372.43 

PANAMA  CANAL  ZONE 

White  Negro 

Work  Work 

Communicants 162  1,273 

Baptisms,  Infants 20  719 

Adults 10  5 

Confirmations 19  126 

Marriages 19  lOl 

Burials 12  ISO 

Clergy:  Priests* 5 2 

Lay-readers 1 7 

Women  Workers 1 

Sunday  Schools 1 7 

S.  S.  Teachers 20  54 

S.  S.  Pupils 195  767 

Organized  Missions 2 9 

Churches 1 5 

Rectories  _ , 2 

Contributions:  Parochial $2,874.04  $4,905.78 

Diocesan 45.25  55.19 

General 295.50  207.10 

*Note:  Of  the  five  clergy  for  white  work  above  reported,  two 
are  canonically  resident. 


1 Eel.  9-21.  lOM.  Sys. 


